Area code changes in Ho Chi Minh City (28), Hanoi (24), Dong Nai (251), Binh Duong (274), and a number of other provinces will take place on this Saturday, 17 June 2017.

The new area codes will be applied for 59 cities and provinces in three stages, from 11 February to 17 June, with steps taken to ensure the change will not confuse the public, the Ministry of Information and Communications announced.

In Vietnam, a landline phone number reads as follows: (country code) (area code) (phone number). The country code is +84 but it is not necessary to dial the area code to call within a city or province.

According to the ministry, the area code change is necessary as the current codes are inconsistent, with “some provinces having a three-digit area code while others have one- or two-digit codes.”

Most of the new codes will be three-digit ones, except for Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Of the 63 cities and provinces, four northern provinces are allowed to keep their area codes: Vinh Phuc (211), Phu Tho (210), Hoa Binh (218) and Ha Giang (219).

Please kindly find as follows the current list of new area codes for 59 provinces in Vietnam: